Sheet-metal slide.



No. 'sa4,0|4. Patented on 3, I899. J. r. MOLLOY.

SHEET METAL SLIDE.

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JAMEs F. MoLLoY, on WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

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srnorrrca'rxou forming part of Letters Patent Nd, 634,014, dated October3, 1899.

Application filed A ia 10, 1899. Serial in. 712,389. on model-l To [tZZwhom it vnay concern: 7

Beit known that I, JAMES F. MOLLOY, of West Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inSheet-Metal Slides; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the 10same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure 1, a detached plan View of one form which a slide constructed inaccordance with my invention may assume; Fig. 2, an edge tical sectionas it appears when threaded, and Figs. 4, 5, and 6, corresponding viewsof one of the modified forms which the invention may assume. V r Myinvention relates to an improvement in, that class of sheet-metalslidesadapted to be used in mens suspenders or braces, in womensstocking-supporters, &c., the object being to produce a cheap,convenient, and ef- -2 5 fective slide adapted to be easily manipirlated, presenting an attractive appearance, and constructed withparticular reference to securing a plurality of bitesnpon the webhingand to permitting the loop formed upon the permanently-attached end ofthe webbing to be completed by stitching the loop in a ma chine-afterthe said end of the webbing has been threaded through the slide.

With these ends in View my invention con-- sists in a slide havingcertain details of con'- struction, as will be hereinafter described andpointed out in the claim.

As shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, my improved slide is stamped outofa singlepiece' 40 of sheet metal and comprises an upper bar A, a mainbar B, located below it, and a pair of lower bars 0 and D, the bars Aand B being separated by a threading-opening E, the bars B and C by athreading-opening F, and the bars 0 and I) by a threading-opening G. Byreference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the bar 0 is set somewhat backfrom the front face of the bar 13 andthat the bar D is set some-. whatback from the front faceof the bar 0. The permanently-attached end ofthewebbing H is passed forwardly through the threadingopening G andturned downward and then stitched in a machine, so as to complete theloop H, whereby the said end of the webbing is secured to the lower barD of'the slide and therefore to the extreme lower en (1 of the slide.

Byproviding for securing the permanentlyat-tached end of the webbing tothe lower bar of the slide I am enabled, as set forth, to do thestitching required for the completion of the loop in a machine after thethreading of the end of the webbing through the slide and sew withneatness, strength, and'economy. Theother end of the webbing is thenpassed rearwardiy through the threadingopening G at a point above theloop H and brought forward through the threading-opening F and thenpassed up over the front face of the main bar B and passed rearwardlythrough the threading-opening E. In this way a plurality of bites issecured on the webbingnamely, over the outer face of the loop H, uponthe upper and lower inner corners of the bar 0, upon the upper and lowerouter corners of the bar B, and the lower inner corner of the barA-whereby the webbing-is very firmly held" by the slide when draft isimposed upon the webbing; but at thesame time the slide may be movedwith respect to the. webbing very.

readily by manual engagement withit.

In the modified construction shown by Figs. 4, 5, and 6 the slide isformed with an upper bar I, a main bar J, and three lower bars K, L, andM. A long threading-opening N is formed between the bars I and J, whilethread in'g-openings O, P, and Q are formed between the barsJand K, Kand L, and L and M, re-' spectively. The barK is set somewhat back ofthe front face of the bar J, and the bars L and M are set somewhat backof thebar K, as clearly shown inFig. 6. In threading this modified slidethe end of the webbing R 'ispassed forwardly through thethreadingopening Q and secured to the bar M, so as to form a loop 3'.

The other end of the webbing is thencarriedrearward through thethreading-opening P,'then forward through the threading-opening Q, andthen upover the front face of the main bar J and rearward through thethreading-opening N. In this per inner corners of the bar K, upon thelower and upper outer corners of the bar J, and upon the lower innercorner of the bar Iwhereby an exceptionally firm grip upon the webbingis secured when the same is placed under draft; but at other times theslide is free to be moved on the webbing by manual engagement with theslide. The difference between the two slides shown is that the modifiedform. of slide is provided with an extra opening below the mainbar, sothat instead of threading the free end of the webbing through the loweropening, as required by the construction illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, and3, the said end of ihelwebbing is first passed rearward through athreadingopening of its own-namely, the opening P-- which is separatefrom the opening Q, through which the other end of the webbing is passedfor forming the loop R.

By my improved construction I secure a slide of extreme simplicity,perfect efficiency, and superior convenience at a very low cost andavoid the necessity of providing means of any sort upon the back oftheslide for the attachment of the end of the webbing, which in slidesof this character has heretofore been attached to the back of the slidebetween its upper and lower ends-as, for instance, in the slide commonlyused with the well-known Guyot suspenders.

By webbing the slide as described by me the loop formed by fastening oneend of the webbing to the lower bar of the slide is entirely concealedwhen the slide is in use.

I am aware that a sheet-metal slide having a plurality ofthreading-openings separated from each other by bars is old and that itis old to attach one end of a length of webbing to the lower bar of sucha slide. I do not therefore claim such a construction broadly.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture, a sheetmetal slide for use insuspenders,stockingsup porters and in kindred devices, having an upperbar, a main bar below it, and a pair of bars below the main bar, thesaid bars being sep* arated from each other by threading-openings, andthe lower bar being set back of the plane of the upper portion of theslide, whereby the slide is adapted to have one end of a piece ofwebbing fastened directly to its lower bar, after which, in threadingthe slide, the other end of the webbing is passed up in front of thesaid lower bar so as to conceal the end of the webbing attached thereto,and then passed froin'front to rear through an opening in the lowerportion of the slide and finally passed from front to rear through theupper most opening in the slide.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JAS. F. MOLLOY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. MENGE, HATTIE B. MACDONALD.

